A new 26x1 3/8 bike!

stickman
stickman Posts: 791
edited March 2010 in Road general
I didn't know about this until a few days ago, the Pashley Roadster 26 with wheels in the classic English size http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/roadster-26.html :)
Nice to see a quality company keeping the traditional size alive. It would be great if others did too.
Bikes, saddles and stuff

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21720915@N03/
More stuff:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65587945@N00/

Gears - Obscuring the goodness of singlespeed

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  • lae
    lae Posts: 555
    ^ I was interested in getting some of those wheels for my girlfriend's Caprice. At the moment it's on ebay 1 1/38 aluminium wheels which are really poor quality. I found one Pashley retailer who couldn't sell them to me directly though.

    The Caprice takes 590mm rims and MTB rims are 559mm. So that's 31mm difference so needs a brake drop of 15.5mm for MTB rims to work. It's got deep-drop BMX calipers so MTB rims should work fine. Better tyre selection in MTB size too.
  • stickman
    stickman Posts: 791
    Archie Wilkinson sell 26x1 3/8 wheels and off road tyres for anyone that needs them, they're cycle speedway tyres but are the same as cyclocross.

    Raleigh do whitewalls, Schwalbe do whitewalls and all-cream, Michelin, Kenda and Panaracer do this size, probably others too.
    Bikes, saddles and stuff

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/21720915@N03/
    More stuff:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/65587945@N00/

    Gears - Obscuring the goodness of singlespeed
  • lae
    lae Posts: 555
    ^ thanks for that, I'll have a closer look at those wheels.

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